Basics of Environmental Science

by Michael Allaby (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2000

  $67.17

  The new edition of this popular student text offers an engaging introduction to environmental study. It covers the entire breadth of the environmental sciences, providing concise, non-technical explanations of physical processes and systems and the effects of human activities. In this second edition the scientific background to major environmental issues is clearly explained. These include:
  * global warming
  * genetically modified foods
  * desertification
  * acid rain
  * deforestation
  * human population growth
  * depleting resources
  * nuclear power generation
  * descriptions of the 10 major biomes.
  Special student text features include illustrations and explanatory diagrams, boxed case studies, concepts and definitions.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  This volume presents a non-technical introduction to the study of environments. Looking at the breadth of environmental sciences, each topic is presented within an interdisciplinary, environmental context. How landscapes are formed and change, what produces the world's climates, and how living organisms are affected by change and adapt to their environments are all explained, and a wide range of environmental concerns are addressed - from climate change and the greenhouse effect to soil erosion, pollution, biodiversity, and human population growth.